Recycled, FSC®-certified and bio-based materials

Ecology and sustainability are hot topics, even in the packaging industry. Demand for recycled, certified and bio-based materials continues to grow. Are you looking for a label material with clearly identified environmental characteristics, but feel overwhelmed by the amount of information available? Look no further, we’ve got the answers!

Our recycled, FSC®-certified and bio-based materials

As a label printer, we continue to expand our range with materials whose characteristics are clearly identified. This means we can offer you a broad choice of materials to suit your needs, whether you opt for a standard material or a material with specific recycled content, FSC®-certification or bio-based composition.

Grass paper

Among our plant-fiber-based materials, we’d first like to introduce you to our grass paper. This paper is made from 30% sun-dried grass fibers (hay) and 70% FSC®-certified paper, so its composition is clearly identified. A label on grass paper is particularly distinctive for its special structure, with the individual grass fibers still visible.

* The grass-based face material may have compostable properties under certain conditions. However, the finished label with its adhesive layer does not meet the 90% threshold required for certification under DIN EN 13432; the compostable share is around 81%. For further information on the compostability of grass paper labels, please contact our customer service departmen

PE film from cane sugar

Our bio-based polyethylene film is made partly from raw materials derived from sugar cane and can be used like any other material. So you can customize it just like any other conventional label. Applications are mainly for household cleaning products and cosmetics. Thanks to its flexibility, the product is particularly suitable for squeezable bottles and other flexible containers.

Paper rNaturel White

Our third paper is called rNaturel White. It’s a wood-free, white, uncoated, 100% recycled printing paper. This FSC®-certified recycled paper has a finely felted finish. This product is designed for wine labeling and is suitable for primary labeling of high-end products, such as spirits and specialty foods.

Recycled Coat

Our fourth material is called Recycled Coat. This is a white, coated, mid-gloss paper using 99% post-consumer recycled fibers. The fact that the product contains recycled paper fibers helps to preserve forests.

FSC®-certified papers

Many of our papers are also FSC®-certified.

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) sets requirements for environmentally, socially and economically responsible forest management. Take a look at our online calculator to check which materials are FSC-certified! Separating the packaging from the label when recycling can also make it easier to direct each component into the appropriate recycling stream. That’s why labelletiquette.fr offers labels that can be repositioned, for example, or removed with water. Labels and packaging can then be separated before being processed through suitable recycling streams. We keep a close eye on new trends and developments in the printing industry, and are constantly working to improve the materials we offer and our production processes, in order to provide you with materials whose characteristics are increasingly clearly defined. By offering recycled, certified and bio-based materials as alternatives to certain conventional materials, we broaden the options available for your label projects. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. Our customer service team will be happy to advise you further.

Additional information

• Our media are not compostable. When we talk about composting, we need to differentiate between industrial composting (under standardized and constant conditions) and the composting we know from garden compost, for example. Since a label is always a composite product made up of an adhesive and a face material, our labels cannot, unfortunately, be composted via domestic composting at present.
• Although our grass-based paper face is inherently compostable, it is unfortunately not currently available in combination with an adhesive that would allow the finished label to be considered compostable. However, suppliers of this medium are currently working on suitable solutions.
• Unfortunately, the suppliers we source from do not currently offer a vegan adhesive + backing combination. However, our HP Indigo inks are vegan.

Any questions? You can reach us by phone on +33 (0)4 81 68 19 73 or by e-mail at info@labelletiquette.fr. We’ll be delighted to help!